William nolan



(No Model.)

W. NOLAN.

GARMENT HOLDER.

No. 565,023. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM NOLAN, OF

TORONTO, CANADA.

GARM EMT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,023, dated August4, 1896.

Application filed September '7, 1895. Serial No. 561,783. (No model.)

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM NOLAN, of the city of Toronto, in the countyof York and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Garment-Holders; and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements ingarment-holders, whereby a garment may be kept in its original shape andprevented from bagging without interfering with the creasing ornon-creasin g of the same; and the object of this invention is toproduce a simple and easily-operated holder which can be cheaplymanufactured, and which can be inserted into position in the garmentwithout interfering with the shape of the same, and without stretchingthe width at the expense of the length of the garment; and the inventionconsists, essentially, of a garment-holder composed of two handlebarsmade of a continuous piece of springavire, substantially U-shaped, theend of each of the handle-bars bent back parallel with itself, a corkrevolubly mounted on each of the bent ends of the handlebars, andwashers mounted on the bent ends to revolubly hold the corks in theirproper positions; the whole device being hereinafter more fully setforth and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing the figure is a perspective view of the garment-holder.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawing.

As shown in the drawing, the garmentholder comprises two handle-bars A,substantially U-shaped, made of a continuous piece of spring-wire. Eachend a of each of the handle-bars A is bent back parallel with itself.Rigidly fitted to each end of the outer arms a of the garment-holder isa washer B; Each of the washers B is equidistant from the end of itsrespective arm a, and fitted on each of the arms a, between the washerand the end,

rubber, or other material. To retain each of the heads O on itsrespective arm a, the end of each of the said arms is fitted withasecondwasher D. As the wire is preferably round, it might here be stated thatowing to the washers B and D each of the heads O can revolve freely ineither direction on its respective arm a.

As the holders are made of spring metal it is possible to compress orexpand the width of the body Z) of the garment-holder, in order that theholder may be adjusted to lit the garment before it is inserted into thesame, and it might here be stated that the holder is so adjusted that itmerely fits the garment without stretching it, in order that the garmentwill be held in such a position that its own weight will return it toits natural shape when suspended.

Before packing a garment away it is possible to insert thegarment-holder into position in it, then fold it and place it in a trunkor valise, or other receptacle for transportation purposes, withoutremoving the holder, and after it has reached its destination it can beremoved and suspended from a nail or other suspensory medium withoutallowing the garment to come into contact with the wall or suchsuspensory medium.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A garment-holder comprised of two handlebars made of a continuous pieceof spring wire substantially U-shaped the end of each of the handle-barsbent back parallel with itself, a cork revolubly mounted on each of thebent ends of the handle-bars, and washers mounted on the bent ends torevolubly hold the corks in their proper positions, substantially asdescribed.

Toronto, September 2, A. D. 1895.

\VI'LLIAM NOLAN.

In presence of-- J. E. CAMERON,

is a cylindrical-shaped head 0, of cork, wood,

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